Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

sitting at the table, working on a pile of art supplies. He looked at her, obviously having heard her exchange with Karan.

but he quickly looked down and started to

spent the night here, her recorder had always been in her bag, so if it had fallen out, it

for Leandro. But how would he react when he saw her

she pondered this, she approached Valerio. He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense her approaching, his sketching

are you drawing?” Seraphina asked as she picked up

album with the help of their parents, featuring a family portrait and individual

the family portrait four identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made up of a

the figures were supposed to represent Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem to match the standard. one would

Valerio’s

lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven years, and now I’m picking up a pencil

and Gloria. When it came to drawing

the pencil from her and copying her style

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resembled Leandro.

to the last empty spot on

held the pencil, his brows furrowed in deep

the pencil from him, “Let

flawless skin, dark hair, and bright, clear eyes. He looked a lot

sketch with her long eyelashes casting

you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How do you expect them to approach you if you don’t talk?